News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Timpanogos Cave open for the season Wednesday, June 19 with New Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTIAN TORO was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard M. Berman to 70 months in prison for stockpiling explosive materials and manufacture of a destructive device. TORO previously pled guilty before Judge Berman. Tyler Toro, TORO’s co-defendant and brother, who also pled guilty, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 29, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Natez Fisher, 19, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one count of interference with commerce by robbery. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The bill funds the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other related agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that Nolan Brewer, 21, of Eminence, Indiana, was sentenced in federal court yesterday evening to three years in prison for conspiring to violate the civil rights of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, a Jewish synagogue in Carmel, Indiana. Brewer pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime before U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who imposed the prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Park Superintendent Jennifer Flynn is pleased to announce the release of “Exploring Shenandoah National Park History - One Tract at a Time (EPH)". This new web-based interactive map provides the public with historic land tract boundaries “linked" to information about the tract including...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 20, 2019, Greg Fessell, 47, and his wife Patricia Sciaca [Fessell], 46, of Kingsport, Tennessee, were sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today announced the formation of a bipartisan Finance Committee working group that will consider the issue of federal paid family leave policy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Twaine M. Willie, 28, of Farmington, N.M. was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 30 months in prison for assault causing serious bodily injury.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina man who participated in the sale of 17 firearms, including five assault rifles, today admitted his role in a scheme to illegally sell weapons in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Avenatti Separately Indicted on Previously-Announced Charges Relating to a Scheme to Extort the Athletic Apparel Company Nike, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Ludlow woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: For Distribution Of Cocaine and Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled: “Disaster Preparedness: DRRA Implementation and FEMA Readiness."
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that five people were indicted for conspiracy to commit forced labor, labor trafficking, and five additional labor-related offenses. The defendants are alleged to have trafficked the victims from Georgia to Wisconsin to work on farms located in the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Jordan Frederic Schemmel (37, Ormond Beach) has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography over the internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. Additionally, Schemmel will be required to register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Beginning on May 21, National Park Service (NPS) contractors will continue park project to restore native plant communities on the east side of Salt River Bay NHP & EP (SARI). The project work are is on NPS’s 72-acre parcel adjacent to Estate Judith’s Fancy where invasive non-native plant species’ populations...
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Interior-Environment bill.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Sunday, June 2, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a special 45-minute presentation, focusing on Union General William Rosecrans, at Chickamauga Battlefield. This talk begins inside the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center and will car caravan to a location on the battlefield.
